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'''coreboot''' (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers. It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called [[Payloads|payload]]. | '''coreboot''' (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers. It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called [[Payloads|payload]]. | ||
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* 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees! | * 100% Free Software (GPL), no royalties, no license fees! | ||
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* Supports many [[Supported Motherboards|mainboards]], [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|devices]], and [[payloads]] | * Supports many [[Supported Motherboards|mainboards]], [[Supported Chipsets and Devices|devices]], and [[payloads]] | ||
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* Desktop PCs, servers, clusters, thin clients | * Desktop PCs, servers, clusters, thin clients | ||
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* No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "disk") | * No-moving-parts solutions (ROM chip as "disk") | ||
* Non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket) | * Non-standard scenarios (e.g. FPGA in Opteron socket) | ||
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* [[GRUB2]]/[[FILO]] | * [[GRUB2]]/[[FILO]] | ||
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* [[Etherboot]] | * [[Etherboot]] | ||
* [[Memtest86]] | * [[Memtest86]] | ||
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coreboot (formerly known as LinuxBIOS) is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) you can find in most of today's computers. It performs just a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes a so-called payload.
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